Carlos Prates has accumulated an extraordinary 14 knockdowns across only 8 UFC fights, a rate typically achieved by elite strikers over 14-15 bouts. He dropped Li Jingliang 5 times, Jack Della Maddalena 3 times, and Neil Magny twice. He also scored single knockdowns against Trevin Giles, Alex Pereira, Ian Garry, and Leon Edwards. The post noted that Prates nearly finished Ian Garry with ground-and-pound after stunning him with a punch. This statistical breakdown demonstrates Prates' exceptional knockout power and finishing ability compared to historically great strikers.
Carlos Prates has put together one of the most devastating knockdown records in recent UFC welterweight history, accumulating 14 knockdowns across just eight octagon appearances, a total that most elite strikers require twice as many fights to reach.
Prates, 32, carries a 24-7 record and sits fifth in the welterweight division for Team Vale Top Team out of Brazil. Known by the nickname "The Nightmare," the six-foot-one switch-hitter owns a 78-inch reach and connects on 55 percent of his significant strikes — a notably high accuracy figure for a fighter generating 3.77 significant strikes per minute. His knockdown victims read like a welterweight highlight reel: Li Jingliang went down five times, Jack Della Maddalena three times, and Neil Magny twice, with single knockdowns also recorded against Trevin Giles, Alex Pereira, Ian Garry, and Leon Edwards. Against Garry, Prates came close to a finish by following up a stunning punch with heavy ground-and-pound.
Della Maddalena, ranked fourth at welterweight and 13th pound-for-pound at 29 years old, is himself a high-output striker landing 5.57 significant strikes per minute at 51 percent accuracy — which makes absorbing three knockdowns from Prates all the more telling. Neil Magny, the 38-year-old veteran known as "The Haitian Sensation" with a 31-15 record and an 80-inch reach, is a durable, high-volume grappler who averages 2.17 takedowns per 15 minutes, yet Prates put him on the canvas twice.
Why it matters
- Prates' knockdown rate of 1.75 per fight puts him in historically rare company among UFC welterweights
- His victims span ranked contenders, former title challengers, and a champion, underscoring the level of competition he has already faced
- At fifth in the division with this kind of finishing power, he is firmly in the title conversation at 170 pounds
